The Higgins boat is one of the iconic vessels of World War II. The Higgins boat, known as an LCVP, took US and allied troops ashore across Europe and the Pacific. The man behind it, Andrew Higgins ...

Without a doubt, this boat was the most strategically important item during World War II.” General Dwight Eisenhower called Higgins “the man who won the war for us.” ...

Higgins boat PA31-17, which saw action in seven World War II battles, arrived at the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward after it was discovered in half-submerged in drought-stricken Shasta ...

USMC Ret. General "Howling Mad" Smith said the Higgins boats "did more to win the war in the Pacific than any other single piece of equipment," which is saying something given the scope of naval ...

American boatbuilder Andrew Jackson Higgins is 'the man who won' World War II – here’s his victorious story. Andrew Jackson Higgins built shallow-draft boats in New Orleans for Delta oilmen ...

Their donations were in honor of Cattle, Higgins and the greatest generation of World War II. “There’s not hardly any money outside of them that’s been invested in this boat — they took ...

About 23,000 Higgins boats were made during World War II, Mr. Meyer said, and they were credited with helping to change the way the war was fought by giving American troops easier access to open ...

According to Jerry Strahan’s 1998 book "Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats That Won World War II," Higgins, who had outgrown a location on St. Charles Avenue, acquired the Albert Weiblen ...